fossa

fossa has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds.
• n.. largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets
• n.. monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
• n.. a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)